Python wrapper for rest api

Makefile

@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ dev-install-python-modules:
 	#$(_INFO) Installing Python SDK $(_END)
 	mkdir -p build
 	ln -sf ../src/sdk/pynni/nni build/nni
+	ln -sf ../src/sdk/pynni/nnicli build/nnicli
 	ln -sf ../tools/nni_annotation build/nni_annotation
 	ln -sf ../tools/nni_cmd build/nni_cmd
 	ln -sf ../tools/nni_trial_tool build/nni_trial_tool

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ jobs:
       cd test
       PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH python3 metrics_test.py
     displayName: 'Trial job metrics test'
+  - script: |
+      cd test
+      PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH python3 cli_test.py
+    displayName: 'nnicli test'
 
 - job: 'basic_test_pr_macOS'
   pool:
@@ -61,3 +65,7 @@ jobs:
       cd test
       PATH=$HOME/Library/Python/3.7/bin:$PATH python3 tuner_test.py
     displayName: 'Built-in tuners / assessors tests'
+  - script: |
+      cd test
+      PATH=$HOME/Library/Python/3.7/bin:$PATH python3 cli_test.py
+    displayName: 'nnicli test'

deployment/pypi/setup.py

@@ -53,13 +53,16 @@
     long_description_content_type = 'text/markdown',
     license = 'MIT',
     url = 'https://github.com/Microsoft/nni',
-    packages = setuptools.find_packages('../../tools') + setuptools.find_packages('../../src/sdk/pynni', exclude=['tests']),
+    packages = setuptools.find_packages('../../tools') \
+        + setuptools.find_packages('../../src/sdk/pynni', exclude=['tests']) \
+        + setuptools.find_packages('../../src/sdk/pycli'),
     package_dir = {
         'nni_annotation': '../../tools/nni_annotation',
         'nni_cmd': '../../tools/nni_cmd',
         'nni_trial_tool': '../../tools/nni_trial_tool',
         'nni_gpu_tool': '../../tools/nni_gpu_tool',
-        'nni': '../../src/sdk/pynni/nni'
+        'nni': '../../src/sdk/pynni/nni',
+        'nnicli': '../../src/sdk/pycli/nnicli'
     },
     package_data = {'nni': ['**/requirements.txt']},
     python_requires = '>=3.5',